Search for Homes in Charlottesville – This Time, It’s a Beta

I’ve long thought (and most importantly, so have my clients) that Diverse Solutions, the providers of my home search tool, put together the best search for homes tool in the real estate industry. They’ve been testing a new version for a while now, and here’s the result:

â€¢ New language in the search box
â€¢ The map will now update as the criteria changes without the need to click view results
â€¢ The map now shows properties immediately once a location is specified
â€¢ Clicking on a city marker now adds it to the locations and shows properties
â€¢ Added a variety of new design elements
â€¢ Isolated and moved the Save as Favorite button

I know that people want to search for homes without signing up, without being contacted by a Realtor, etc. etc. I don’t spam, I don’t contact without permission (I do send a “thank you for registering” email) and I want you to enjoy using this tool as much as I appreciate your using it and contacting me whenever you’re ready.

What does the beta mean for you? Hopefully it will be:

– Faster

– Cleaner

– Easier to use

Comments, feedback and suggestions are welcome.

New:

Old:

Now, as soon as they release a version that allows for me to provide search results based on radius and polygons, I’ll buy every developer at Diverse Solutions a couple cases of fantastic beer made right here in Central Virginia.

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We should have real version ready for you to use on your site side-by-side with old one (at least for a while) pretty soon here. Now it’s just a matter of getting all our MLSes to approve the new format. Depending on your MLS, we should roll out this week.

Jim, have you noticed any increased loading time with the new map features? This seems like a really nice IDX solution. I’m currently using IDX Broker for my search solution, and so far (1 month) the functionality has been pretty good. From your post above, it sounds like you do not force or even request a login? Without this, how many leads are contacting you per month on average? There are many opinions on forcing login or just letting the client browse. Love to hear your thoughts, and thanks for the great post!

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I am a Realtor/Broker/Partner with Nest Realty in Charlottesville, Virginia. The goal of this site/blog remains unchanged in the nearly 10 years since its founding – to provide clear, coherent and unbiased analysis of the Charlottesville area real estate market.